Archive for January, 2016

A Review of the UK iPoker Market in 2015

In 2015, the UK online poker industry went through a number of important changes, with new regulations, mergers between major operators, and companies exiting the market all helping to shape what was a dramatic year for the country’s iPoker landscape. While there were some negative impacts from the upheaval,...

RAWA Hearing Backfired on iGambling Opponents

Although many in Congress have moved on from the topic of online poker to focus on other more pressing issues, there are still some members of the GOP who are pushing hard to see a federal ban on poker imposed that would reverse the Interstate Federal Wire Act of...

California iPoker Bill Stalls As DFS Bill Advances

Poker advocates in California have received a huge blow to their aspirations of seeing online poker regulated in the state, after bill AB 167 was removed from the agenda of the Assembly Governmental Organisation Committee. At the heart of the latest debacle is an attempt by Californian gambling interests...

Some Revealing iPoker Data Trends Of 2015

With 2015 having drawn to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year. As data from the online poker industry is analyzed, it becomes clear that changes in business models among operators did not do much to improve the performance of companies as a whole, as...

DFS to Get Online Gambling Treatment In Pennsylvania?

All over the country, there are widespread debates occurring on whether daily fantasy sports betting constitutes online gambling. Some states like Massachusetts have decided that daily fantasy sports betting is not the same as online games of chance, but other states are leaning in the opposite direction. Pennsylvania appears...

Kentucky Sues PokerStars for Flaunting UIGEA Between 2006 and 2011

When Amaya purchased PokerStars, the company not only bought the most well known brand in the whole of the online poker industry, but it also purchased some legal troubles as well. Due to the unregulated actions of its previous owner in the US, Amaya has had to try and...

Delaware iPoker Revenues Shrinks 8.3% in November 2015

The Delaware Lottery has released its monthly iGaming results for November, revealing a slight 1.21% fall in revenues to $182,664 compared to the $184,898 that was generated in the same month in 2014. Online poker, too, suffered an 8.3% year-over-year contraction in business to $28,985, although that figure put...